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The globalization process is increasing the interconnections among states and societies, creating new supraterritorial spaces, in a world with diffuse borders between domestic and international politics, and international affairs having more impact on domestic affairs than in the past. By doing so, globalization is impacting the principle of sovereignty, the state itself and the way in which states interact with each other, demanding the adaptation of the state to these changes. All these changes are also having an impact in the foreign policy decision making process, which have become more complex, open and sensitive, with an increasing participation of new and more actors and the existence of more issues on the international agenda. This situation is strengthened in countries that have opted for a higher level of openness and international relationship as a result of their development model. Chile is a small developing country that has responded to globalization through more interconnection with the international system. As a result today Chile is considered highly interconnected with the international system and a country in which globalization have had important positive impacts, with the economic and social conditions improving considerably in the few last decades. In this sense, the experience of Chile can demonstrate that globalization can be positive for small states if adequate policies, including foreign policy, to deal with this process are followed...